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Personally, I don't get how Deoxys-D affected the OU metagame so much that he got sent to Ubers, sure it gets countermoves for counters like HP Fire for Scizor and others and Superpower/Focus Blast for Dark-types, but I never really see it used in OU before the ban.

What do i think about Deoxys - D getting Banned? ive used it and come to love it, it was pretty OP. i won a lot using is an an offensive and a fast spiker with a red herb. But there are Way better pokemon than it and honestly Heatran Shouldve be Banned before that thing, not to mention his weakness to dark, a common type (Tyranitar) in a SS team, which really cripples him. So no, Smogon made the wrong choice here. ive only seen a few people even use him, let alone successfully. thers so may common attacks to counter Psychic types. Like U-Turn, Crunch, Shadow Ball, Night Slash, Bug Buzz, ect.

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What do i think about Deoxys - D getting Banned? ive used it and come to love it, it was pretty OP. i won a lot using is an an offensive and a fast spiker with a red herb. But there are Way better pokemon than it and honestly Heatran Shouldve be Banned before that thing, not to mention his weakness to dark, a common type (Tyranitar) in a SS team, which really cripples him. So no, Smogon made the wrong choice here. ive only seen a few people even use him, let alone successfully.

It was banned by a ~59% majority.
Although at base 90 speed there are a good few pokemon that outspeed him, and lol Sableye probably was it's biggest thorn in it's side since Sableye's taunt gets priority and (lol) if Deo-D ran something like Psychic(Psyshock)/Focus Blast(Superpower)/Spikes/Recover it would've been completely walled by it.

Deoxys-D is a very difficult pokemon to stop because of its high speed,defences and complementing movepool allowing it to set up hazards on the foe too easily.A Taunt from anything-even Sableye and Whimsicott-aren't surefire counters since magic coat has a huge +4 priority.Likelihood is you'll taunt yourself.
Basically,I think he was just too easy to use in OU.
And he's a legendary.
And I really don't understand why most legendaries aren't automatically uber because of their gargantuan BSTs and complimenting movepools.

Deoxys-D is a very difficult pokemon to stop because of its high speed,defences and complementing movepool allowing it to set up hazards on the foe too easily.A Taunt from anything-even Sableye and Whimsicott-aren't surefire counters since magic coat has a huge +4 priority.Likelihood is you'll taunt yourself.
Basically,I think he was just too easy to use in OU.
And he's a legendary.
And I really don't understand why most legendaries aren't automatically uber because of their gargantuan BSTs and complimenting movepools.

Agreed with the whole "all legendaries in uber" notion. LOL my most hated pokemon is a jirachi using flinch hax D:

Deoxys-D is a very difficult pokemon to stop because of its high speed,defences and complementing movepool allowing it to set up hazards on the foe too easily.A Taunt from anything-even Sableye and Whimsicott-aren't surefire counters since magic coat has a huge +4 priority.Likelihood is you'll taunt yourself.
Basically,I think he was just too easy to use in OU.
And he's a legendary.
And I really don't understand why most legendaries aren't automatically uber because of their gargantuan BSTs and complimenting movepools.

All legends in Ubers? Don't make me laugh! There are legends like Raikou and Zapdos that are completely manageable by regular pokemon. <.<

To clarify:by legendaries,I mean the stuff that's banned from the battle subway.Raikou,Zapdos etc. are fine.

They've been banned for a reason,and Nintendo definitely know what those reasons are.

I know what you mean but pokemon on that list like Victini, Jirachi, Shaymin-Land, and Mew are manageable despite the fact that Jirachi abuses serene grace hax, in fact they don't have overpowered base stats at all it's just 100's across the board.

And he's a legendary.
And I really don't understand why most legendaries aren't automatically uber because of their gargantuan BSTs and complimenting movepools.

lol? my respect for you just died.
if you seriously think every legendary should be banned, just because it has a "prestiige" that has nothing to do with comp viability, then you sir, need to relearn everything you know about comp.

thats not even how the banning process works. if it has gargantuan stats its banned. i.e. reshiram. unless it can easily be checked or countered by common pokemon and doesnt overcentralize the meta. not because its "legendary." by this, meloetta should also be uber.

the only reason most of those on the battle subway list are banned are because they are events. jirachi, deoxys, mew, shaymin, victini, manaphy, genesect, keldeo, celebi, meloetta.

as to deo-d being banned, im glad. it overcentralized the meta way too much. enough that it basically killed stall. yeah, if that doesnt constitute a ban idk what does.